Improvement in brooms



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIoE.

JOSEPH ARBEITER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,837, dated September 10, 1878 5 application tiled February 23, 1878.

To all 'whom it mayV concern:

Be it known that I, JosErH ARBEITER, of Hartford, in theV State of Connecticut, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in the Manufacture of Brooms; and that the following is a full, clear, andy exact description thereof, reference being hady to the accompanyin g dra-wings, making a part of this speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. Y

My invention consistsin securing the broomcorn or other material used in a case or head by means of an expansible tube and a wedgeshaped plug, as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section, showing the parts as arranged prior to the insertion of the wedge or plug. Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the plug inserted, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tube detached.

To construct a broom on my plan, I first form the head or case A, of the requisite size and form, of paper-pulp, or of paper while in a plastic state, and which may be readily done by means of a suitable mold or former; but as this head or case will form the subject of a separate application, its construct-ion will not be herein described, except so far as may be necessary to enable others to understand the present invention or means of securing the material within the case or head. As shown in Fig. 1, this head is so formed as to be of greater diameter in cross-section at the point a a than it is at its lower end, c, for the purpose of enabling the broom-corn or material used to be spread out therein, when the plug is subsequently inserted, and thus wedge the material fast in the head.

Thev head A is provided with a tubular por` tion or socket, A', for attaching the handle, which latter is not shown in the drawings. I then provide a thin metal tube, B, of proper size to fit rwithin the tubular portion A', the lower portion of this tube B being provided with V-shaped slits, or otherwise slotted, to allow it to expand.

The parts being thus prepared, the broomcorn I is inserted into the head A through its lower opening, as represented in Fig. l. After it has been filled with the proper quantity the tube B is inserted from above and its lower end pushed down into the broom-corn within the head,.as shown in Fig. l. I then take a conical or pointed plug, D, made for the purpose, and drive or force it down through the tube B, as represented in Fig-.2.' As the point of this plug D enters the broom-corn or splints it will crowd them out-laterally, at the same time expanding thelower slotted portion of the tube D, and thereby wedgin g both the tube and the broom-corn fast within the head. A row of stitches is then applied, as at g, by which the lower end of the head is kept from -spreading; and, if desired, another row may be applied to the material itself below the head, as represented at f, Fig. 2.

It is obvious that this improvement maybe used in the manufacture of all styles and sizes of brooms, and that any kind of splints may be used with thisstyle of head.y By these means I am enabled to produce a light, strong, and; durable broom-head, which, if desired, may bereilled and used many times. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In combination with the head or case A, the expansible tube B and plug D, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

'y JOSEPH ARBEITER.

Witnesses:

T. A. CURTIS, C. E. BUOKLAND. 

